Iran's Guardian Council has declared that the contested election will not be annuled and the government is blaming everyone from the U.N. Secretary General to the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man for the current turmoil. President Obama has finally said his peace on the matter, calling U.S. instigation of unrest there "patently false and absurd." Even so, top moderate opposition figures have been rounded up. The unrest in Iran, however, is giving its friends -- Syria, Hizballah and Hamas -- some pause. But there may be more to come. A day of mourning has been called for Thursday and the martyr of the hour is Neda Soltani. This could start a new 40-day cycle of protests in Iran. Iran's revolutionary past may well come full circle.
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